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Advancement of the Smith Neighbourhood Plan
Recommended Action
Whereas:
1. The Smith Neighbourhood Plan is one of the few neighbourhood plans within Willoughby that is experiencing significant, ongoing difficulty meeting the conditions necessary for development to advance;
2. The relatively large quantity of smaller parcels combined with the lack of a single group proceeding on any known timeline to assemble the necessary land holdings to be able to justify providing the necessary school(s), park site(s) and detention pond(s) is together causing an indefinite delay in the Smith Neighbourhood Plan’s advancement;
3. The provision of the necessary elements for a neighbourhood plan to advance is recoverable via the development process from benefiting landowners; and
4. The delay in advancement of the Smith Neighbourhood Plan is causing indefinite delays in the provision of road and sidewalk infrastructure along 208 Street and 72 Avenue badly needed for the entire Willoughby area, and all Township of Langley residents as a whole;
Therefore be it resolved that staff be directed to review, consider and report to Council, as soon as practical, possible options for the Township of Langley to coordinate the provision of necessary drainage infrastructure and school / park site acquisition(s) within and for the advancement of the Smith Neighbourhood Plan.